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today we’re going to talk about the best

foods for arthritis talking about

osteoarthritis rheumatoid arthritis in

fact any ideas so the first thing you

want to do

is you want to go and search out the

official recommendation for foods for

arthritis so there are many different

official sites but the one we’re going

to go to today is probably one of the

most credible sites according to Google

and that is the Arthritis Foundation and

then what you’re going to do

is take a look

at all the foods that they recommend

okay now we’re not going to use this

list of what to eat we’re going to use

this list on what to avoid because

usually whatever the consensus is of

what you should do medically you should

go in the opposite direction so let’s

see what they say to do well for

starters our diet rich in Whole Foods

fruits vegetables fish nuts beans

whole grains Okay and of course avoiding

the saturated fats now there is a few

things on this that I do agree with

number one fish and of course vegetables

except there’s some caveats to that

which I’ll explain so when you have

arthritis you have inflammation right so

we’re trying to get rid of inflammation

so when you consume a lot of fruits

you’re going to generate a lot of sugar

and this is going to bump you out of

ketosis and this is going to create more

inflammation and of course their

explanation is that fruits are high in

antioxidants well that’s true but

they’re also high in

sugar as well now they also recommend

nuts because nuts have antioxidants well

there’s really only one nut that I would

recommend if you have arthritis and that

would be walnuts because it gives you

the precursor it’s called ala that turns

into EPA in DHA which is the omega-3

fatty acids now you’re not going to get

a lot of conversion but you’ll get some

but unfortunately the rest of the nuts

are high in omega-6 fatty acids and they

can be inflammatory especially if you’re

doing like the nut Butters now what

about beans okay aren’t beans good for

arthritis because they are also high in

antioxidants well the problem with beans

is they’re also high in lectins and

oxalates which are anti-nutrients that

can aggravate arthritis not to mention

they’re a bit high in carbs and they can

really interrupt your digestive process

and I would venture to say that a lot of

arthritis has to do with inflammation in

the gut now of course the next big one

that the Arthritis Foundation recommends

is these whole grains right whole grains

because they’re loaded with antioxidants

but they’re also loaded with

carbohydrates they’re loaded with gluten

they’re loaded with oxalates so all of

these are going to aggravate arthritis

but the big problem with grains is that

they’re very high in the omega-6 fatty

acids so this leads to the next topic

what they say to avoid they say red

meats eggs

and dairy okay well let’s talk about

these three things right here what you

need to know about this to make it

really simple

is that when you eat animals that are

fed with grains you’re going to get a

much different profile as far as the

omega-6 to the omega-3 ratios so the

question is is red meat bad it depends

on what the animal ate now what about

chickens well chickens are probably one

of the most highest sources of omega-6

fatty acids so if you get chickens from

the farmer’s market you’re going to get

a much better profile you’re going to

get less omega-6 because they’re

free-ranged hopefully and so they

consume more bugs maybe less grains and

so when you have pasture-raised organic

eggs you’re getting a much better

profile with these ratios now what about

Dairy where does dairy come from cow

milk conventional cow milk

can turn into a good product if you

ferment it I’m talking about like

grass-fed plain kefir wholemeal kefir I

think that can help your gut and help

arthritis if you can find cheese from

grass-fed cows that’s made from raw milk

cheese like they do in Europe that’s

much better than American cheese so

again you just have to differentiate the

source of what that animal ate same

thing with fish right we have farm

raised fish versus wild caught big

difference in the omega-6 to omega-3

ratios so to keep this really simple you

want to have wild caught fatty fish like

salmon sardines Cod Liver you can get it

in a can while Cod the cool thing about

cod liver or cod liver oil is it’s very

high in omega-3 but it’s also high in

vitamin d and vitamin A whereas fish oil

doesn’t have that but fatty fish is

really important farm raised fish is not

a good deal Seafood actually is a good

source of Omega-3

omega-3 is anti-inflammatory

pasture-raised organic eggs is a good

source of not only Omega-3

but vitamin D the problem with getting

Vitamin D from our Foods it’s just very

difficult to find foods high in vitamin

D vitamin D is a very powerful

anti-inflammatory for arthritis so you’d

want to consume the foods that align

with that like even with pork for

example

Pig set free range that go outside the

barn that gets Sun have a much higher

level of vitamin D then the pigs that

are confined to a physical structure and

they can never leave now

fermented vegetables are good for

arthritis especially cabbage as in

sauerkraut or even cabbage juice is

really good for the gut and it’s also

good for arthritis but vegetables in

general is a crap shoot sometimes it can

help your arthritis sometimes it can

make it worse it’s all dependent on how

much inflammation you have in your gut

because a lot of people have arthritis

have itis in the colon too and if they

do more fiber even vegetables that can

make things worse so some people that

have arthritis will do very good if they

completely eliminate any fiber and do

the carnivore diet which is a lot of

saturated fat and protein which is

interesting and of course on the avoid

list avoid sugar refine grains

avoid whole grains which have gluten in

it that turn into sugar really quickly

avoid trans fats anything with the word

hydrogenated whether it’s partially

hydrogenated or just hydrogenated you

want to avoid that seed oils are really

bad for arthritis and so that would

include the soy the corn the canola the

cotton seed even the peanut oils

safflower oils these are all seed oils

and our bodies are not designed to

consume this refined concentrated oil

they’re very susceptible to oxidation

and they can create a lot of problems

especially for arthritis so a much

better Source would be coconut oil

grass-fed butter using actual lard or

Tallow to cook your food in and of

course avoid things like canned foods

unless those canned foods are sardines

or Cod Liver I would avoid them another

interesting thing to avoid would be the

powdered protein okay both plant-based

protein and other types of of lean

protein powders your liver just does not

do well on them and you may find that it

stirs up your arthritis especially whey

protein and soy protein isolates and

even pea protein can do it you want to

consume protein

that normally comes with the fat so a

natural whole food source of protein now

a couple additional things if you’re on

the ketogenic diet you may find that the

oxalates in the food are stirring up

your arthritis and the foods that are

high in oxalates are in spinach rhubarb

chocolate kiwi almonds but I think if

you follow the information in this video

if you have arthritis you will see a

dramatic decrease in inflammation within

a couple days

the last very important point is doing

intermittent fasting because the more

times you eat you’re going to create

this interaction with food in your gut

and create more problems it’s a natural

anti-inflammatory so it’s not just what

you eat it’s also the frequency of

eating it’s very important in getting

rid of inflammation now if you want more

details in what to eat and you haven’t

seen this video I put it up right here

check it out